Support the just struggle of the workers of Maruti Suzuki!

The strike has been called by the workers to assert their right to form their own Union, in place of the management union that currently exists. It has been called to demand improvement in the terrible working conditions, improved wages, as well as other just demands. All the workers of the company —permanent, casual, as well as apprentices are united in the struggle.

Fed up of the savage exploitation by the management, and the role of the management sponsored union, the workers decided to form their own union and went to the Labour Commissioner in Chandigarh to apply for registration of their union. The Labour Commissioner, acting as a tool of the management, faxed to the management this demand. Immediately, the management and its union went on the offensive. They forced many workers to sign on blank paper, which could be used later. Elections to the management union are due in a month's time, and it is possible that these papers would be used to intimidate the workers to sign up behind the management union. Immediately, the workers fought back and after much struggle, managed to retrieve some of the signed blank papers. The management retained some of these papers.

The management has suspended 11 workers by June 7, the 4th day of the strike. To prevent the workers from organizing hartals and protests at the gate, the management has taken the fascist step of locking up workers in the park inside the gate. The striking workers inside the plant have been deprived of food, water, electricity as well as sanitary facilities. The Company has set bouncers with instructions to break the hands and legs of anyone standing near the gate to extend solidarity with the workers.

The last strike in Maruti Suzuki was between November 2000 and January 2001. In the intervening period, the management has intensified its attacks on workers, using the services of its union. The incentives that are supposed to be given to workers for meeting production targets are cut under one excuse or the other. If a reliever does not come, a worker is forced to work a 16 hour shift. Those workers who refuse to do over time are abused and insulted.

About 1200 cars - including SX 4, Dzire Sedans, Swift and A-Star hatchbacks - are produced in this Manesar plant daily. The strike has brought all production to a halt. The workers are unfazed by the savage attacks of the management, including the suspensions. They are determined to continue their struggle until their union is recognized, all suspensions are revoked, and their other demands are discussed.

The Communist Ghadar Party of India fully supports this just struggle of the workers of Maruti Suzuki. The right to form a union is the right of workers, and the management has no right to deprive workers of this right. The management is terming the strike "illegal", but the right to strike is a just right. It is the management that is using strong arm tactics to attack the rights of workers and prevent them from forming their own union. This is the situation in the entire Manesar-Gurgaon belt, indeed all across the country. Therefore, as in the past, it is the responsibility of the workers of the Manesar - Gurgaon belt, as well as of the rest of the country to come forward and militantly support the just struggle of the Maruti Suzuki workers.

पार्टी के दस्तावेज

Call of the Mazdoor Ekta Committee

The all India general strike has been called to resolutely oppose the course of enriching the capitalist minority by impoverishing the toiling majority. It has been called to assert the rights that belong to workers, peasants and other toiling people who create the wealth of India.

Parties of the capitalist class claim that there is no alternative to the program of globalisation,liberalisation and privatisation. The truth is that there IS an alternative.The alternative is to reorient the economy to fulfil people’s needs instead of fulfilling capitalist greed. This is the program for the Navnirman of India.

The Report to the Fifth Congress of the Communist Ghadar Party of India, presented by Comrade Lal Singh, General Secretary of the CGPI, on behalf of its Central Committee, was discussed and adopted by the Fifth Congress of the CGPI, held in November 2016. By decision of the Fifth Congress, this report has been edited for publication.

The first part of this pamphlet is an analysis of facts and phenomena to identify and expose the real aims behind the Note Ban. The second part is devoted to a critical appraisal of the government’s claims that it will reduce inequality, corruption and terrorism. The third part is what Communist Ghadar Party believes is the real solution to these problems and the immediate program of action towards that solution.

Unite around the program to reconstitute the Indian Republic and reorient the economy to ensure prosperity and protection for all!

There is growing realisation among workers, peasants and other self-employed people that the program of liberalisation and privatisation only serves to enrich an exploiting minority at their expense. Mass resistance is growing to this anti-worker, anti-peasant and anti-national program.